https://alexisdemetriades.cargo.site Alexis Demetriades Fri, 04 Oct 2019 20:44:20 +0000 https://alexisdemetriades.cargo.site en https://alexisdemetriades.cargo.site/Grindstones Sat, 21 Sep 2019 21:14:08 +0000 Alexis Demetriades https://alexisdemetriades.cargo.site/Grindstones Grinding Stone Jericho, Palestine, Middle Bronze Age&nbsp; Original 3D scan: Cambridge Museum of Archaeology, 2012 1. Milled: 18/03/2019, 3D scanned: 22/03/2019 2. Milled: 25/03/2019, 3D scanned: 28/03/2019 3. Milled: 02/04/2019, 3D scanned: 08/04/2019 4. Milled: 11/04/2019, 3D scanned: 26/04/2019 5. Milled: 28/04/2019, 3D scanned: 08/05/2019 6. Milled: 11/05/2019, 3D scanned: 14/05/2019 7. Milled: 22/05/2019, 3D scanned: 26/05/2019 8. Milled: 03/06/2019, 3D scanned: 06/05/2019 9. Milled: 11/06/2019, 3D scanned: 15/06/2019 10. Milled: 19/06/2019 2019 Hockney Gallery, Royal College of Artmilling foam, museum clotheach object: 10 x 10 x 20 cm photos: Pamela Dimitrov <img width="1643" height="2280" width_o="1643" height_o="2280" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/cb308567e5561444a7f91f93b53eda9b37ec8f496c60fce554db3b95901be547/stone_one.jpg" data-mid="51367784" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/cb308567e5561444a7f91f93b53eda9b37ec8f496c60fce554db3b95901be547/stone_one.jpg" /> <img width="1643" height="2280" width_o="1643" height_o="2280" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/cb308567e5561444a7f91f93b53eda9b37ec8f496c60fce554db3b95901be547/stone_one.jpg" data-mid="51367784" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/cb308567e5561444a7f91f93b53eda9b37ec8f496c60fce554db3b95901be547/stone_one.jpg" /> <img width="1738" height="2606" width_o="1738" height_o="2606" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/c5a9721b00aeeb945c1e041296a249b8fa336b28b4fea92f849b9d17c5cfbaa5/stone_2.jpg" data-mid="51368273" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/c5a9721b00aeeb945c1e041296a249b8fa336b28b4fea92f849b9d17c5cfbaa5/stone_2.jpg" /> <img width="1738" height="2606" width_o="1738" height_o="2606" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/e0e62d635ecaeca7ca7b0d58a021c40c76a935bbd5cac98fac01482ff95dd29f/stone_3.jpg" data-mid="51368278" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/e0e62d635ecaeca7ca7b0d58a021c40c76a935bbd5cac98fac01482ff95dd29f/stone_3.jpg" /> <img width="1738" height="2606" width_o="1738" height_o="2606" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/d1c23937ab0ccc7c3ccb723ff761d5977028f46b04be79ebb9c0b94a58dd46f7/stone_4.jpg" data-mid="51368282" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/d1c23937ab0ccc7c3ccb723ff761d5977028f46b04be79ebb9c0b94a58dd46f7/stone_4.jpg" /> <img width="1727" height="2591" width_o="1727" height_o="2591" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/aff7772f414aacd1601fe59d83a3d75bcc55f7e1cb07d5408422a22443bfcfae/stone_5.jpg" data-mid="51368291" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/aff7772f414aacd1601fe59d83a3d75bcc55f7e1cb07d5408422a22443bfcfae/stone_5.jpg" /> <img width="1738" height="2606" width_o="1738" height_o="2606" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/afff23c8d8e277f71da71528a37ed6edf9bbb688ec3c5427d1eaa10b5bf96ef2/stone_6.jpg" data-mid="51368299" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/afff23c8d8e277f71da71528a37ed6edf9bbb688ec3c5427d1eaa10b5bf96ef2/stone_6.jpg" /> <img width="1738" height="2606" width_o="1738" height_o="2606" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/26b1412c481238ab67cd6be680983e0e5ed8fb6300ea2bd6024085012c362b01/stone_7.jpg" data-mid="51368306" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/26b1412c481238ab67cd6be680983e0e5ed8fb6300ea2bd6024085012c362b01/stone_7.jpg" /> <img width="1738" height="2606" width_o="1738" height_o="2606" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/9463f0466045d7599f49f732808517bad6e19e3e75f30b75a37722ceee90e50b/stone_8.jpg" data-mid="51368310" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/9463f0466045d7599f49f732808517bad6e19e3e75f30b75a37722ceee90e50b/stone_8.jpg" /> <img width="1738" height="2606" width_o="1738" height_o="2606" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/fc480a72df6945d72031c53ac418d77e25e71315c8abc24a853548479410d30a/stone_9.jpg" data-mid="51368316" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/fc480a72df6945d72031c53ac418d77e25e71315c8abc24a853548479410d30a/stone_9.jpg" /> <img width="1738" height="2606" width_o="1738" height_o="2606" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/aa3cb3f8800aa046ef4959ab4493f94d01ee15ff5b67ed47257e168d58440ffd/stone_10.jpg" data-mid="51368324" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/aa3cb3f8800aa046ef4959ab4493f94d01ee15ff5b67ed47257e168d58440ffd/stone_10.jpg" /> <img width="2700" height="1800" width_o="2700" height_o="1800" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/d91a3e9fc8d8fe397dbe2d34b90e4da839c6e221554861e7cc151d9f3c111d48/all_s.jpg" data-mid="51368081" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/d91a3e9fc8d8fe397dbe2d34b90e4da839c6e221554861e7cc151d9f3c111d48/all_s.jpg" /> https://alexisdemetriades.cargo.site/Artefacting Sat, 21 Sep 2019 21:14:07 +0000 Alexis Demetriades https://alexisdemetriades.cargo.site/Artefacting Artefacting 72 dpi image from Tumblr, from 3rd edition print of ‘400 Years of Rock Art’, from drawing by Henri Breuil, copied from unknown painters, 20,000-10,000 BC, France. Restored to original size. &nbsp; &nbsp; 2019acrylic paint, foam pixel stamps Hockney Gallery, Royal College of Artheight: 5m photos: Pamela Dimitrov <img width="3000" height="3988" width_o="3000" height_o="3988" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/e337a55031c1941ff94549d4913eb8db1edcdf1f195264b0e754f6ff04c5a886/full_shot_adjust_white3.jpg" data-mid="51089169" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/e337a55031c1941ff94549d4913eb8db1edcdf1f195264b0e754f6ff04c5a886/full_shot_adjust_white3.jpg" /> <img width="3000" height="2000" width_o="3000" height_o="2000" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/99eb99e805f045d866102e281f467ed7c55dea17fa6dd097cfa86ec86e487ec8/148.jpg" data-mid="51107826" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/99eb99e805f045d866102e281f467ed7c55dea17fa6dd097cfa86ec86e487ec8/148.jpg" /> <img width="1860" height="2790" width_o="1860" height_o="2790" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/dcad1e3bab5e0213328c505fd95415ffdf2ce38abcb5a6d541d339b9aa53274c/closeup_g_15.jpg" data-mid="51923814" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/dcad1e3bab5e0213328c505fd95415ffdf2ce38abcb5a6d541d339b9aa53274c/closeup_g_15.jpg" /> <img width="1860" height="2790" width_o="1860" height_o="2790" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/238b2c66b87d7d3f475252fa8e6a939f9e3feee38f4ebe5d04c93337a8927ffb/stamp_hand_15.jpg" data-mid="51089581" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/238b2c66b87d7d3f475252fa8e6a939f9e3feee38f4ebe5d04c93337a8927ffb/stamp_hand_15.jpg" /> <img width="2736" height="3384" width_o="2736" height_o="3384" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/8601f39cb80a5eb4f75b8cf2bdade0a440ecb8c4451f6f1d49d9efafbbd0bc6b/sketch_beige.jpg" data-mid="51808804" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/8601f39cb80a5eb4f75b8cf2bdade0a440ecb8c4451f6f1d49d9efafbbd0bc6b/sketch_beige.jpg" /> https://alexisdemetriades.cargo.site/Stone-Tools Sun, 22 Sep 2019 01:04:59 +0000 Alexis Demetriades https://alexisdemetriades.cargo.site/Stone-Tools Acheulean Hand Axe(a history of the world in 101 objects) Early-Middle Paleolithic (300,000-100,000 years ago): hand-flaked from flint in what is now France1929: discovered and hand-replicated in flint by Henri Breuil, French archaeologist and Catholic Priest 2017: 3D-scanned model of the replica, by Emily Terrell at Resesarch Labs of Archaeology, University of North Carolina, uploaded to Sketchfab 2019: 3D model downloaded and Computer Numerical Control (CNC) milled in foam 2019 milling foam height: 13 cm flinknapping video credit:Cleveland Museum of Natural History&nbsp; <img width="788" height="1123" width_o="788" height_o="1123" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/1086caa427df21cb3d61b13e0438f2365a50e63adf62fe59dc1583b355536a79/finger_axe_erased.jpg" data-mid="51388263" border="0" data-scale="77" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/788/i/1086caa427df21cb3d61b13e0438f2365a50e63adf62fe59dc1583b355536a79/finger_axe_erased.jpg" /> https://alexisdemetriades.cargo.site/Megaliths Sat, 21 Sep 2019 21:14:08 +0000 Alexis Demetriades https://alexisdemetriades.cargo.site/Megaliths Megaliths An exploration of heirarchies of knowledge and authority within the museum setting. Does our belief in the scientific method paradoxically evoke unscientific, superstitious responses? If so, what is the basis of the museum’s authority? How do museum display structures, which carry authority, mirror the form and function of the objects they display, and which structure is absorbing the other? 2018inkjet printheight: 5m &nbsp;gouache sketches 3D renderings <img width="2448" height="3264" width_o="2448" height_o="3264" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/c5b1d7b97784d45fa7258b8ec445c1d4ee9c2e73ac4f3bc8f872ff6dc099f80c/totem_WIP.jpg" data-mid="51088372" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/c5b1d7b97784d45fa7258b8ec445c1d4ee9c2e73ac4f3bc8f872ff6dc099f80c/totem_WIP.jpg" /> <img width="6000" height="6343" width_o="6000" height_o="6343" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/8b26e92193593a17bc9270adcac1d9220d5ecc50378443c0074c65acbe0be612/both.jpg" data-mid="51088374" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/8b26e92193593a17bc9270adcac1d9220d5ecc50378443c0074c65acbe0be612/both.jpg" /> <img width="4224" height="7200" width_o="4224" height_o="7200" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/1692ae43bc20d04a81348f0949939117b9ff2fca5e54418e966376e514293bbb/plates.jpg" data-mid="51088373" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/1692ae43bc20d04a81348f0949939117b9ff2fca5e54418e966376e514293bbb/plates.jpg" /> <img width="1008" height="1072" width_o="1008" height_o="1072" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/da87bc37a6606146fe9e469f05490d7ae38e11e4dba28689f6efd43250ea4e15/trio_totem2.jpg" data-mid="51395574" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/da87bc37a6606146fe9e469f05490d7ae38e11e4dba28689f6efd43250ea4e15/trio_totem2.jpg" /> https://alexisdemetriades.cargo.site/Cold-Storage Sun, 22 Sep 2019 00:45:37 +0000 Alexis Demetriades https://alexisdemetriades.cargo.site/Cold-Storage Cold Storage 1. Hunting Gear - Yukon Ice Fields, Alaska (3500 BC- 2014)Stored: Washington D.C. (2012-2014)Displayed: Smithsonian, Washington D.C. (2014-2016)Stored: Washington D.C. (2016-) 2. Bridle -&nbsp; Altai Mountains, Siberia (480 BC- 1993)Stored: Novobirsk Institute (1993-2016)Stored: Altai Mountains, Siberia (2016-) 3. Snow Glasses - Canadian Arctic Archipelago (1854 – 1993)Displayed: National Maritime Museum, Greenwich (June 2017-May 2018)Stored: National Maritime Museum, Greenwich (January 2018-) 4. Boot - Glacier 3000, Swiss Alps (1942-2017)Stored: Valais Police Station (2017)Buried: Cemetery, Switzerland (2017-) 5. Funerary Objects - Volcan Llullaillaco, Chile (1500- 1999)Stored: Catholic University of Salta, ArgentinaDisplayed: Museum of High Altitude Archaeology (2007-) 2018watercolour paper, picture varnish, lamp8.75 x 11.25 inches https://alexisdemetriades.cargo.site/Coverage Sun, 22 Sep 2019 01:21:10 +0000 Alexis Demetriades https://alexisdemetriades.cargo.site/Coverage Coverage (75 Years) In 1942, a Swiss couple vanished into a glacier and were rediscovered, very well preserved by the icy conditions, when the glacier retreated in 2017. Each piece of paper represents a year of the time they were missing, and the pages with text and imagery are the only years I could find any news media coverage of the story. 1942, a missing persons report appeared in a local Swiss paper; 1983, a documentary on the region featured a brief clip of the couple’s son searching for them; and 2017, international coverage of when a ski lift worker discovered them in the melting ice. 2018 paper, inkjet prints 148 x 168 cm <img width="3600" height="3600" width_o="3600" height_o="3600" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/c17e897bb44eed0060d4f4fa7c8da913d5552dfe8ac21f602377fc1e10a4ed9f/coverage_image.jpg" data-mid="51094826" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/c17e897bb44eed0060d4f4fa7c8da913d5552dfe8ac21f602377fc1e10a4ed9f/coverage_image.jpg" /><img width="2216" height="1238" width_o="2216" height_o="1238" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/bf505418f933c6b450f3dab72e40b3839339b122eef49b5c1ba20fe36b16462c/Screen-Shot-2019-09-14-at-9.32.50-PM.png" data-mid="51094999" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/bf505418f933c6b450f3dab72e40b3839339b122eef49b5c1ba20fe36b16462c/Screen-Shot-2019-09-14-at-9.32.50-PM.png" /> https://alexisdemetriades.cargo.site/Placeholders Sun, 22 Sep 2019 11:00:00 +0000 Alexis Demetriades https://alexisdemetriades.cargo.site/Placeholders Temporarily Removed An exploration of the tensions between absence and presence within the museum context.&nbsp; 2018 Putney Bridge Arches digital photographs, photoshop 30 x 40 cm&nbsp; <img width="3570" height="4757" width_o="3570" height_o="4757" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/06f8fb6bd622c6f6ff1d823befe5a4153871e2f495db65082aba145fd4a5df61/horn_border.jpg" data-mid="51107220" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/06f8fb6bd622c6f6ff1d823befe5a4153871e2f495db65082aba145fd4a5df61/horn_border.jpg" /> <img width="3570" height="4757" width_o="3570" height_o="4757" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/06f8fb6bd622c6f6ff1d823befe5a4153871e2f495db65082aba145fd4a5df61/horn_border.jpg" data-mid="51107220" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/06f8fb6bd622c6f6ff1d823befe5a4153871e2f495db65082aba145fd4a5df61/horn_border.jpg" /> <img width="3557" height="4763" width_o="3557" height_o="4763" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/cbd89b26a929972ee2180d1fb295e2dc6b4d1fc98d93e555797e5aa664dd59ec/dot2_border.jpg" data-mid="51107219" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/cbd89b26a929972ee2180d1fb295e2dc6b4d1fc98d93e555797e5aa664dd59ec/dot2_border.jpg" /> <img width="1957" height="2617" width_o="1957" height_o="2617" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/45d0d7dc7a02705bde8f9164666274c5c1e996b99b483695cf80c5027bd91cf9/umbrella.jpg" data-mid="51368756" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/45d0d7dc7a02705bde8f9164666274c5c1e996b99b483695cf80c5027bd91cf9/umbrella.jpg" /> <img width="1960" height="2617" width_o="1960" height_o="2617" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/9fbdbc6cb3b36cfbe62ad5f0c400a335f5be902786e4ab9ff4b1c546fe69a581/boot.jpg" data-mid="51369748" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/9fbdbc6cb3b36cfbe62ad5f0c400a335f5be902786e4ab9ff4b1c546fe69a581/boot.jpg" /> https://alexisdemetriades.cargo.site/Yellow Fri, 04 Oct 2019 20:44:20 +0000 Alexis Demetriades https://alexisdemetriades.cargo.site/Yellow https://alexisdemetriades.cargo.site/Front-Page Sat, 21 Sep 2019 21:14:09 +0000 Alexis Demetriades https://alexisdemetriades.cargo.site/Front-Page